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Quite a bit of confusion has resulted lately when the fire siren goes off. People don’t know whether it is a fire or an air raid, so we have been asked to explain how one may distinguish. It’s all very simple. More...

Joseph Jefferson Jackson (1887 – 1951), nicknamed “Shoeless Joe”, a Major League baseball player in the early part of the 20th century is known for his play on the field and for his association with the Black Sox Scandal, in which m More...

Freda W. Bradford, 92, of Mobile died Friday, July 20, 2012 at her home. She was born Dec. 3, 1919 in Pine Hill. She was a former clerk for the Marengo County Commission and was a member of the Linden United Methodist Church. More...

William Lamar Hicks, 80, of Dickinson died Wednesday, July 18, 2012 at Grove Hill Memorial Hospital. He was born May 7, 1932. He was a retired car dealer and a member of Salem Baptist Church in Scyrene. He served in the U.S. More...

Whitney Mar’sha Pritchett Westbrook, daughter of school board member Marshall Pritchett was hired by the Thomasville City School board Tuesday night as a teacher at Thomasville Elementary School. More...

Mallory Cargile, formerly Mallory Draper of Thomasville, and owner of Tuscaloosa Adventure Boot Camp recently joined a select group of the world’s leading health and fitness entrepreneurs to co-write the best-selling health and fitness book tit More...

The Arts Council of Thomasville will be performing “Damn Yankees” this weekend. Show dates are July 27, 30 and 31 at 7 p.m. and July 29 at 3 p.m. at the Bedsole Auditorium in the Thomasville Civic Center. Tickets are $10 each. More...

When County Line Baptist Church youth group of Arlington was looking for a camp destination away from home and an opportunity to grow closer to God, Shocco Springs Baptist Conference Center was its choice. More...

On Monday, July 23, when the Seattle Mariners worked out the trade of outfielder and in the eyes of many, the face of the Mariner franchise, Ichiro Suzuki, to the New York Yankees; rather than boarding a plane that would have taken him from the West More...